NHS must reform or ‘go bust’, regulator warns

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Bullying is still a problem in the NHS, said regulatorChristopher Furlong/Getty

Times Staff

Last updated at 11:01AM, February 2 2014

A radical shift in the culture of the NHS is needed to rid it of outdated
working practices, cure it of widespread bullying and heal the damaging rift
between managers and clinicians, the head of its official regulator has
warned.

David Prior, chairman of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), called for serious
“transformational change” of the health service, without which it will “go
bust”, he said.

Writing in TheSunday Telegraph, Mr Prior called for greater
input from the private sector, the merging of hospitals and changes to the
way the NHS is held to account, particularly, the scrapping of